2001 European League Champions
2000
Chairperson
Hugh Liston
Siobhan Lynch
Treasurer
Ciarán
McGuill
Fundraising & Sponsorship Officer
Dave
Timoney
E-PRO
Bryan
O'Loughlin
Trainers
Mark
Scanlon
& Denis Allen
Ladies Football Ladies Football is going well at present,
we had 10-15 out training regularly. We hope to take on the Brussels team during the
Luxembourg and Brussels tournaments.
Angela
Maguire
Football Training every Monday evening at
7.30.
Ladies and Gentlemen of all
nationalities & footballing levels are
welcome.
ASPTT sports
complex,
METRO: Metro
line N° 7 Direction La Courneuve:
Stop : "Fort d'Aubervilliers"
Take the "sortie :
Jean Jaures/General Leclerc..IMPAIRS"
...the sortie that is straight in front of you...
The ASPTT complex is aprox 100 yards from the metro continuing in the
direction of the exit along the main avenue.
Entrance is
through either 202 or 212 Jean Jaures, whichever gate is open, (grey
gates)
We're on the annex pitch
beside the main one.
By car:
From the Boulevard PERIPHERIQUE :Take Porte de la Villette , => then takeAvenue Jean Jaures (N2).
Continue straight on for about 2Km.
The ASPTTgroundswill be on your right. N° 202
Mens Football:
Hugh Liston or
Mark Scanlon
Ladies Football: Siobhan
Lynch or Angela Maguire
MAY 01:IrishAbroad.com
News
-PARIS Gaels GAA Club miss their secretary so much .....
Nov '99:Sunday Times interview Mark Scanlon
Oct '99 Daily Star: St.Margarets Historic Trip to Paris Gaels
See News section for more
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The Club & GAA in Paris
In 1994 a number of Irish expatriates living in Paris were in the habit of
getting together to play Hurling and Gaelic Football (Ladies included) on
a regular basis and organising matches with the Irish communities in
Belgium, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, Germany and France as well as other
social events around Paris. The success of their efforts generated great
interest amongst the Irish and French communities and ultimately led to
the founding of the Gaelic Athletic Association, Paris (France) being
formally established as a non-profit making association in April 1995,
under the 1901 Law. The club (Paris Gaels GAA) is in fact the first
affiliated GAA club in mainland Europe.
To date Paris Gaels GAA has over fifty active members each paying an
annual membership of 150 FF. Matches are organised on a regular basis
throughout mainland Europe, these are mainly tournaments and friendly
matches which take place on an annual basis and are always very
competitive. Players from almost all counties in Ireland play with the
club along with some French nationals. Training takes place on a Rugby
pitch in the north of Paris every Monday evening.
The club is also involved in coaching children and giving demonstration sessions of Gaelic Football and Hurling. In 1997 some underage teams from Swords travelled to Paris to play a team from Ozoire La Ferriere, which is a town twinned with Swords. One of the supporters at the game was Mr. Joe McDonagh who travelled to Paris to strengthen the links with this town and to advise how we could improve the promotion of our national games in France. Paris Gaels is also the major link for teams starting up in France, they contact Paris to help them in any possible way, ie. through sending them video tapes of Gaelic Games, Rules in English and French, organising demonstration games in their homegrounds, etc. The club have helped Brest, Lyon, Tours, Poitiers to name but a few of the main cities in France, to start up their own GAA club.
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In
February of 1998, a team of Hurlers and Footballers travelled from
Glynnbarntown (Wexford) to Paris to take on Paris Gaels, both games were
very close with Glynnbarntown narrowly beating the Paris selection. The
weekend of Gaelic sports also brought the Liam McCarthy cup to Paris for
the first time ever.
September of 1998 also was a memorable experience for the club, for the
first time a team from Europe were represented in the International Gaelic
Football Competition at St. Vincent's GAA grounds in Dublin.
October 1999, Paris Gaels welcomed St. Margaret's GAA club from the Fingal
area to Paris. A friendly match of Hurling and Gaelic Football was played
in a friendly manner (despite the reputation of St. Margarets) which was a
great success for both clubs. These links with Irish based GAA clubs hope
to be maintained in our future efforts to promote our national games
abroad.
April 2000 was a memorable date for Paris Gaels GAA Club. The first ever
11 aside Gaelic Football Tournament took place in Paris, teams were
represented from Jersey, Guernsey, Rennes, Luxembourg and The Hague. The
games were attended by An Uachtaran Mr. Joe McDonagh among many others.
Finally the Tara Plant Hire cup did not need to travel far as Paris Gaels
won against a closely contested final with Guernsey Gaels.
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Club Fixtures
-
Luxembourg Football tournament on Saturday May 26th
Mens & Ladies football matches -
Langres- Paris vs Luxembourg Hurling Match on Saturday June 23rd
-
Brussels Football Tournament on Saturday June 30th
Mens & Ladies football matches -
Paris- Bristol vs Paris Football Match on Saturday July 7th
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The Hague Football Tournament on Saturday October 13th
Mens & Ladies Football Matches
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